Voss, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Talpa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76888. The Survey maps it on the Voss quadrangle. It stands 1,634 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 14 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1892 USGS Ballinger quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1932 USGS Voss quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1967 USGS Voss quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Coleman quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
18 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Voss between 2007 and 2020, burning about 1,909 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 503 VOSS |
| 2 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TUCKER |
| 27 July 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HOJUMPA PLACE |
| 15 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 96 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SHREDDER |
| 13 June 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 9 February 2008 | Smoking | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 February 2007 | Debris and open burning | 18 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Voss in 4 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 death and 4 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Voss | 1 killed, 4 hurt, $50,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds struck O.H. Ivie Reservoir, capsizing 10 to 15 boats on the lake. Tragically, one person was killed and 4 others injured when the boat they were in was pushed into a bluff and capsized. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Voss | - | Public reported baseball size hail 5 miles north of Stacy. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Voss | - | no account filed |
| February 2005 | Hail | Voss | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mozelle | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Fisk | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Gouldbusk | 6.4 miles | 12 | |
| Leaday (historical) | 6.9 miles | 15 | |
| Shields | 7.5 miles | 12 | |
| Valera | 9.1 miles | 11 | |
| Hays Crossing | 12.4 miles | 14 | |
| Rockwood | 13.0 miles | 13 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Voss | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7942037 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380730. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.




